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Result of AGM
14 November 2019
Ricardo plc - Results of Annual General Meeting
Ricardo plc announces that all resolutions proposed at its Annual General Meeting held earlier today were duly passed on a show of hands including the resolution authorising the Company to make market purchases of up to 10% of its issued ordinary share capital.
Details of the proxy voting instructions, lodged prior to the meeting, are set out below:
Resolution | For | % | Discretion | % | Against | % | Withheld | |
1 | To receive and adopt the 2019 Report and Accounts | 39,029,571 | 99.95 | 20,000 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
2 | To declare a final dividend | 39,029,006 | 99.94 | 20,000 | 0.05 | 565 | 0.01 | 0 |
3 | To re-appoint KPMG LLP as auditors | 39,024,849 | 99.94 | 20,000 | 0.05 | 4,722 | 0.01 | 0 |
4 | To fix auditors' remuneration | 39,025,973 | 99.94 | 20,000 | 0.05 | 3,598 | 0.01 | 0 |
5 | To elect Russell King | 31,757,198 | 83.96 | 20,000 | 0.05 | 6,047,451 | 15.99 | 1,224,922 |
6 | To elect Jack Boyer OBE | 38,846,886 | 99.94 | 20,000 | 0.05 | 2,282 | 0.01 | 180,403 |
7 | To re-elect William Spencer as a director | 38,837,000 | 99.92 | 20,000 | 0.05 | 9,828 | 0.03 | 182,743 |
8 | To re-elect Sir Terry Morgan as a director | 38,148,879 | 98.15 | 20,000 | 0.05 | 698,513 | 1.80 | 182,178 |
9 | To re-elect Ian Gibson as a director | 38,847,393 | 99.95 | 20,000 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 182,178 |
10 | To re-elect Laurie Bowen as a director | 36,846,140 | 99.71 | 20,000 | 0.05 | 90,341 | 0.24 | 2,093,089 |
11 | To re-elect Dave Shemmans as a director | 38,148,024 | 99.91 | 20,000 | 0.05 | 13,944 | 0.04 | 867,602 |
12 | To re-elect Malin Persson as a director | 33,462,907 | 86.10 | 20,000 | 0.05 | 5,383,920 | 13.85 | 182,743 |
13 | To re-elect Mark Garrett as a director | 38,847,393 | 99.95 | 20,000 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.00 | 182,178 |
14 | To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report | 35,698,805 | 91.43 | 20,000 | 0.05 | 3,327,990 | 8.52 | 2,775 |
15 | To grant the directors authority to allot relevant securities | 38,884,841 | 99.94 | 20,000 | 0.05 | 2,161 | 0.01 | 142,569 |
16 | To approve the disapplication of pre-emption rights | 38,883,232 | 99.94 | 20,000 | 0.05 | 3,770 | 0.01 | 142,569 |
17 | To authorise the Company to make market purchases of ordinary shares | 38,323,778 | 98.14 | 20,000 | 0.05 | 705,792 | 1.81 | 0 |
18 | To approve notice period for certain general meetings | 38,690,700 | 99.08 | 20,000 | 0.05 | 338,871 | 0.87 | 0 |
An abstention is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of proportion of votes "For" or "Against" a resolution.
The total number of ordinary shares in issue as at 12 November 2019 were 53,406,250. Ordinary shareholders are entitled to one vote per share held.
In accordance with UK Listing Rule 9.6.2R copies of all the resolutions passed other than resolutions concerning ordinary business have been submitted to the UK Listing Rule via the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM
The full text of each of the resolutions is set out in the Notice of Annual General Meeting which is available on the Ricardo website at www.ricardo.com.
2020 Financial Calendar
Half Year Interim Results Announcement on 27 February 2020.
Enquiries: Patricia Ryan, Group General Counsel & Company Secretary +44(0)1273 794776